Florin Beschea
Chair & Associate Professor of the Practice in French & Francophone Studies
Education
- Ph.D. Indiana University
- M.S.E. University of Southern Indiana
- B.A. Babes-Boliay University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Background
With a French Medieval literature specialization and a Medieval Studies background, my main interest is centered on the 13th and 14th century French religious texts, especially the miracles of the Virgin Mary. As a generalist, I am also interested in pre-modern literary genres, especially theater (medieval and classic) and old and middle French language and its evolution. From the modern era, I am interested in film studies and Francophone literature.
Teaching
- FRE 101 Elementary French I
- FRE 102 Elementary French II
- FRE 103 Accelerated French I and II
- FRE 212 Oral Expression, Listening Comprehension and Practical Phonetics
- FRE 220 Introduction to Literature: Love and Death in Pre-modern French Literature
- FRE 220 Francophone Humanities
- FRE 228 Introduction to Francophone Literature Abroad: Western African Literature
- FRE 291 Black France (course taught in Paris, France)
- FRE 313 French Written Expression: Composition, Translation and Advanced Grammar Review
- FRE 315 History of the French Language
- FRE 320 French Literature: Husbands, Wives and Lovers
- FRE 332 The Hidden and the Forbidden: Advanced Pre-modern French Literature and Sexuality
- FRE 368 L’amour et la mort: Advanced Pre-modern French Literature
- FRE 391 Black France (course taught in Paris, France)
- FRE 490 The Hidden and the Forbidden: Senior Seminar, Advanced Premodern French Literature